Ashby-de-la-Zouch, a town of Leicestershire, near the source of the Mease, a tributary of the Trent, 18 miles NW. of Leicester. It owes its suffix to the Norman family of La Zouch. Their ruined castle, celebrated in Scott's Ivanhoe, and rebuilt in 1480 by Sir William Hastings, crowns a height to the south of the town. Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned here. In the church are the tombs of the Hastings or Huntingdon family. Leather is the staple industry. Pop. (1891) 4535.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 482
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